Mississippi absentee ballots

No specific deadline. We recommend requesting your ballot at least one month before Election Day

Voted ballots are due:

Received by 5:00 p.m. on the day before Election Day

You may vote by absentee ballot in Mississippi if:

you will be away from your county on Election Day for any reason;

you are a student, teacher or administrator at a school whose studies or employment there necessitates your absence from your county on Election Day; or you are the spouse or dependent thereof;

you have a temporary or permanent physical disability that renders you unable to vote in person without substantial hardship;

you are the parent, spouse or dependent of a person with a temporary or permanent physical disability who is hospitalized outside of their county of residence or more than fifty (50) miles away, and you (the parent, spouse or dependent) will be with that person on Election Day;

you are sixty-five (65) years of age or older;

you will be unable to vote in person because you are required to be at work on Election Day during the times at which the polls will be open.

Offsite links

Local Election Office: This is the government office responsible for running elections in your region. Theses are the best people to contact if you have any questions at all about voting in your state.